Marthe Jocelyn (born 1956)[1] is a Canadian writer of over forty children's books.
[1] In 2009, Jocelyn received the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People,[5][7] an honour bestowed by the Writers' Trust of Canada to a writer or illustrator whose body of work has been "inspirational to Canadian youth".
[4] Five of Jocelyn's books are Junior Library Guild selections: Earthly Astonishments (2000),[8] Mable Riley (2004),[9] Folly (2010),[10] The Body under the Piano (2020),[11] and Peril at Owl Park (2021).
[14] In 2007, the Toronto Public Library included Eats on their "list of the top 10 books of 2007 for children under the age of five".
[16] Folly was named one of the Kirkus Reviews' best books for teens in 2010, and Bank Street College of Education included it on their 2011 list of the best Historical Fiction for Children Ages 14+.